Research Groups
Groups in the Department
These pages describe the research undertaken in each group. They include all group leaders, and some visitors and others who are also research-active in the Department.
See end of this list for contact details for different buildings. All Department members may also be contacted via the main building.
There is also a brief introduction to the subject specialisms represented in the Department on our research by subject area page.
| Group Leader | Research Title | Subject Area | Building |
| Julie Ahringer | The Control of Chromatin Structure and Function | Functional genomics, Developmental genetics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Gurdon |
| Adrian Baez-Ortega | Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia Group | Evolutionary and computational genetics | Zoology |
| Kate Baker | Applied Microbial Genomics | Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Michael Boemo | Computational Biology of DNA Replication and Repair | Functional genomics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Pathology |
| Alex Cagan | Comparative Somatic Evolutionary Genomics | Evolutionary and computational genetics | Main |
| Erik Clark | Embryo Patterning | Developmental genetics | Main |
| Rosana Collepardo | Computational Physics of Chromatin | Functional genomics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Maxwell |
| Richard Durbin | Evolutionary and Computational Genomics | Functional genomics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Main |
| Christine Farr | Chromosome Biology | Cell biology | Main |
| Anne Ferguson-Smith | Epigenetic control of developmental processes and genome function | Functional genomics, Developmental genetics | Main |
| Gamze Gürsoy | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Functional genomics | CMS |
| Antoine Hocher | Molecular Innovations in Microbial Interactions and Chromatin | Evolutionary and computational genetics, Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Charlotte Houldcroft | Virus Genomics | Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Frank Jiggins | Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics | Evolutionary and computational genetics, Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Felipe Karam-Teixeira | Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Germline Stem Cell Biology | Functional genomics, Developmental genetics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Main |
| Heather Machado | Lymphocyte somatic evolution in ageing and disease | Evolutionary and computational genetics | Pathology |
| Gos Micklem | Bioinformatics and Genomics | Functional genomics, Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Edwige Moyroud | Development and Evolution of Petal Patterning | Developmental genetics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | Sainsbury |
| Cahir O'Kane | Drosophila Neuronal Cell Biology | Cell biology | Main |
| Alberto Rosello-Diez | Adaptive Regulation of Organ Size | Functional genomics, Developmental genetics, Evolutionary and computational genetics | PDN |
| Maria Rostovskaya | Molecular control of cell fate decisions during early human development | Developmental genetics | Gurdon |
| Steve Russell | Drosophila Genomics | Functional genomics, Developmental genetics | Main |
| Henrik Salje | Infectious disease dynamics | Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Ritwick Sawarkar | Chromatin control of environmental stress response | Functional genomics | MRC Toxicology |
| Aylwyn Scally | Evolutionary Genomics | Evolutionary and computational genetics | Main |
| Marisa Segal | Cell Cycle Control of Spindle Morphogenesis in S. cerevisiae | Cell biology | Main |
| Daniel St Johnston | mRNA Localisation and the Origin of Polarity in Drosophila | Cell biology | Gurdon |
| Ben Steventon | Laboratory of Comparative Developmental Dynamics | Developmental genetics | Main |
| Renske Vroomans | Computational evolution of development in plants | Evolutionary and computational genetics, Developmental genetics | Sainsbury |
| John Welch | Molecular Evolution | Evolutionary and computational genetics, Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
| Eske Willerslev | Evolutionary and computational genetics | Main | |
| Ash Zarkan | The role of biofilms and persisters in bacterial infections | Pathogen genetics and dynamics | Main |
Main Building addresses
Address : Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
Phone: 01223 333999
Email: info@gen.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.gen.cam.ac.uk/
Wellcome Trust / Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
Address: Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
Phone: 01223 334088
Email: info@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Address: Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR
Phone: 01223 761100
Email: enquiries@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk
Maxwell Centre / Cavendish Laboratory
Address: Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE
Phone: 01223 747330
Email: reception@maxwell.cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk